Getty Images
Getty Images is a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace.
Seattle, WA
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Data Scientist - Experimentation (Contract Position)

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Who We Are:

For 25 years, Getty Images has embraced disruption and change; riding the digital wave to evolve from a fragmented, analog stock photo business into a global e-commerce industry leader and trusted brand. The breadth and quality of our content has always allowed our customers and partners to tell their stories with greater creativity and accuracy, eliciting more emotion and enabling more action. Getty Images moves the world, whether the goal is commercial or philanthropic, revenue-generating or society-changing, market-disrupting or headline-driving.

 

Help us move the world with images!

Getty Images is the most trusted and esteemed source of visual content in the world, with over 405 million assets available through its industry-leading sites www.gettyimages.com and www.istock.com. The Getty Images website serves creative, business and media customers in almost 200 countries and is the first-place people turn to discover, purchase and share powerful content from the world's best photographers and videographers.

 

Getty Images works with over 330,000 contributors and image partners to provide comprehensive coverage of more than 160,000 news, sport and entertainment events, impactful creative imagery to communicate any commercial concept and the world's deepest digital archive of historic photography. Getty Images is a world leader in visual content. With over 405 million assets, of which over 285million are digitized, encompassing the latest global news, sports, celebrity, music and fashion coverage; exclusive conceptual creative images; and the world’s largest commercial archive. New content is added daily, with 8-10 million new assets added each quarter.

 

We are inclusive of different voices, perspectives and experience. We believe diversity is critical to our mission to objectively reflect the world we live in and allow our customers to illustrate that world. This means including a diverse range of voices in our content, actively pursuing diversity in our team and sources of content and listening to our customers to make sure we are as open and responsive as possible.


Women, gender-nonbinary, people of color, LGBTQIA+ people and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 


This is a 6 month contract only position and will work remotely from home.


Getty is embarking on its next wave of innovation in visual storytelling and how to put the perfect image or video in our customer’s hands, be it for a society-changing headline or a brand’s next big campaign—truly moving the world with images.


We are looking for a curious hardworking and innovative Data Scientist to help optimize Getty Images search experiences for our customers. This is a high-impact position where you will guide product strategy through data insights and experimentation. Your vision to extract insights about our customers, apply sophisticated statistical methods, and data-informed decisions will affect over 50 million outstanding visitors from almost every country in the world, with a direct tie to Getty Images' revenue.


In this position, you will own designing tests, developing experimentation methods, analyzing results, drawing out customer insights, and driving standard methodologies as we accelerate our experimentation. Partnering with product, data scientists, data analysts, and data engineers, you will help define success and our test and learn strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Design and execute our online experiments (ex: A/B tests) that help us improve and fine-tune our data-focused features, algorithms/models, and products (ex: Search)
  • Work with product managers, designers, engineers, other data scientists, and partner teams to frame experimentation problems, both statistically and within the business and customer context
  • Cross Collaboration with teams to help improve our experimentation pipeline and platform
  • Proactively conduct hypothesis-focused deep dives and explorations of user behavior data. Collaborate and partner with the User Experience Research team to demonstrate qualitative and quantitative insights to develop new hypotheses and advise on our experimentation roadmap.
  • Work with engineering teams to improve data collection procedures to ensure integrity and quality of the data
  • Develop and validate new metrics
  • Present metric development, testing methodologies, and experimentation results to technical and non-technical partners, clearly and concisely

We’d like to hear from you if:

  • Expertise in statistical methods (including Bayesian statistics, time series)
  • Excellent application skills in experimentation methodologies (A/B, multi-armed bandit) and causal inferences
  • Experience with common data science toolkits, such as R/Python and libraries like pandas, scipy, stats models, scikit-learn, tidyverse (dplyr, ggplot2, etc.)
  • Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL and Hive.
  • Experience with Big Data systems and distributed computing, such as Hadoop and Spark
  • A self-directed individual, confident decision-maker, ability to work in ambiguous conditions, ability to break down complex problems
  • Strong product sense
  • A Ph.D. or MS in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Natural Sciences, or any other equivalent quantitative field is helpful. If you are self-taught and believe you are an excellent fit for this role or have significant work experience, we would love to talk!

Leadership Principles:

  • Trustworthiness, Transparency, and Openness
  • Raise the Bar
  • Lead by Example
  • One Voice
  • Bring Me Solutions
  • No Silos
  • The Obligation to Care

Due to Covid-19, this 6 month Contract position will work from home until further notice.


Getty Images is committed to providing Reasonable Accommodations and will work with you to meet your needs. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please email [email protected].


Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique ​​role of still and moving imagery in communication and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life. 

 

For company news and announcements, visit our Press Room, and for the stories and inspiration behind our content, visit Stories & Trends.

 

Find Getty Images on FacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedIn, Pinterest and Tumblr, or download the Getty Images app where you can explore, save and share the world's best imagery.

 

Getty Images is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Getty Images believes that diversity is critical to our success in moving the world with images and is committed to creating an inclusive, mutually respectful environment which celebrates diversity. We seek to hire on the basis of merit, competence, performance, and business needs. 

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What are Getty Images Perks + Benefits

Getty Images Benefits Overview

Health Insurance

We provide Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance for you and your family. We partner with Meritain (An Aetna Company), and CVS Caremark to provide you with two options for medical coverage - a POS plan and an HSA-qualified (Health Savings Account) Plan. The POS plan comes with a $200 per year Getty Images contribution to an FSA account. If you enroll in the HSA plan, Getty Images will give you $1400-$2400 per year to spend on any qualified health expenses. Dental insurance is available through Delta Dental. Vision Insurance is available through VSP. All full-time employees working at least 25 hours per week will become eligible for health benefits the 1st of the month following their date of hire. Contributions to health care accounts are prorated based on the date of hire. For more information on these benefits, you may request an electronic copy of our Benefits Guide.

Time off Work/life balance is important to us

We provide flexible time off and 10 sick days each calendar year. Additionally, we pay 4 weeks of fully-paid Parental Leave for new parents, with primary caregivers eligible for an additional 8 weeks of fully-paid leave.

Company Paid Holidays

Employees enjoy company-paid holidays for each of our global locations.

Disability and Life Insurance

We automatically enroll and pay for Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D) up to 2 times your annual salary. We also provide you with fully paid Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance.

Employee Assistance Program

Employees have access to free, confidential assistance for everyday problems such as stress management, financial coaching, marital or family issues, substance abuse, occupational problems, and referrals for legal, childcare, and eldercare services. Employees can seek additional discounts on other wellness activities such as travel, gym memberships, and sports! Through our EAP services, employees are also eligible for 3 free counseling visits and life coaching sessions.

401(k)

Start saving for retirement! Getty Images matches up to 4% of your deferred compensation, with immediate vesting – that means all of Getty Images employer match money is automatically yours – with no waiting period!

Learning & Growth

We value continuous learning and development to help everyone develop their skills. Enjoy mentorship, curated training & more.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Get 1 day per calendar year to volunteer with an organization of your choice.
Partners with nonprofits
Getty Images partners with Non-Profits such as Copyright Alliance, The Committee to Protect Journalists, Compassionate Eye Foundation, Foundation Rwanda, and The Hewlett Foundation.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Flexible work schedules and hours are dependent on teams and managers.
Remote work program
Our remote work program includes work from home arrangements can be made with each employee's manager.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Getty employees can contribute up to $2700 annually to their FSA. We also contribute generously to employees FSA's and HSA's.
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
New employees are invested 100% day one.
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
We reimburse up to 10000 for eligible adoption expenses and 12 weeks of paid leave. We extend the same reimbursement for surrogacy.
Company sponsored family events
Getty Images hosts a family day each summer. Events have included Mariners games or trips to the Seattle Aquarium.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Salaried employees qualify for our Flexible Time Off and hourly employees are given up to 27 days per calendar year.
Paid volunteer time
More time can be used by flexible time off or PTO.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
We offer a free ORCA card or subsidized parking in our garage.
Company-sponsored outings
Getty Images has several events throughout the year including an annual golf tournament + family day.
Free snacks and drinks
Fresh bread is delivered daily with fresh fruit, too.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
We offer subsidized parking in our garage.
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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